Adopt a Seal

The mainstream media had a field day with all the attention they were getting with Abu Ghraib and have been looking for their next scandal ever since. They thought they had one when a young Marine, in the heat of battle, shoots a terrorist insurgent who was playing possum and, fortunately, the public didn't bite. So, they keep digging and find some pictures "exposing" Navy Seals "abusing" prisoners. These pictures are completely lame and I won't link to them because I don't want to broadcast or give publicity to this nonsense, but they show Navy Seals sitting on hooded prisoners, some of who are bleeding (these things happen in war). So, if sitting on a prisoner and taking pictures of them is a war crime, then my two older cousins who used to wrap me up in my sleeping bag and lay on my chest as a kid deserve to stand in front of the Hague.

This isn't funny, nor is it harmless. The mainstream media, in their quest to find the scandal that will bring down the United States, have put these men in greater danger by willingly and irresponsibly broadcasted the faces of active duty special operation forces who heavily rely on secrecy. These soldiers are the best we have, but where the terrorists can't keep them from achieving their objectives, the very least the mainstream media accomplished was to take them out of the field and putting them into court. Bravo fellas, admirable job as always. In the end, the mainstream media puts their scandal seeking ahead of the lives of our soldiers, whom they endlessly claim to "support."

So, over at Froggy Ruminations, Matthew Heidt is trying to start up "Adopt a Seal." He's brainstorming ideas to see how we can help some of Americas best, so if you are interested, send him your suggestions to get this thing rolling. Support the Navy Seals! Count me in.